David Lesher wrote: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> writes: He doesn't need to know. If she's in zone F, and her ticket/pass is valid for zone F, there is no violation. She'll be checked in zones A-C some other time -- or she might be checked multiple times per trip, if that's how it works out. So much for how many people/hr a checker handles... The point
Hatunen <hatunen@cox.net> writes: How do you check? She boarded at A, headed for G. You check at F; she has a $2 ticket that was legal only if she boarded at D. How does the checker even know where she started? He doesn't on that sweep. But another time a checker may check at B or C. So one check is NOT enough to detect the fraud... Ahh, so she must buy a ticket every day before
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:06:38 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> writes: You do not need to check between every pair of stations, or at every zone boundary, on a POP system. Checks are random and only need to be sufficient that the penalty for evading times the odds of getting caught is greater than the additional fare.
David Lesher wrote: Richard Mlynarik <Mly@POBox.COM> writes: There's nothing but institutional inertia and contractor kickbacks stopping BART from instituting a barrier-free proof-of-payment system with exactly the same tariff it has today (ie fare valid for one single journey between two specific stations) just as there is no barrier to doing so with one, two, five, ten or twenty
